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14:1 Ngokuba uYehova uya kuba nemfesane kuYakobi, abuye awanyule amaSirayeli
bahlalise emhlabeni wakowabo, bathelele kubo abasemzini;
banamathele kwindlu kaYakobi.
14:2 Abantu babathabathe, babase endaweni yabo;
indlu kaSirayeli yobahlutha ezweni likaYehova ibe ngabakhonzi
baya kubathimba, abathinjwa babo babathimbe
yaba; baya kubalawula abacinezeli babo.
14:3 Kuya kuthi ke, ngemini yokuba uYehova akuphumze;
30 Nakwintlungu yakho, nangenxa yokoyika kwakho uThixo, nakulo ikhoboka elilukhuni
wenziwa ukuba ukhonze,
14:4 nize nihlabe lo mzekeliso ngokumkani waseBhabheli, nithi
yithini, Utheni na ukupheza umqhubi! waphela umzi wegolide!
14:5 UYehova uwaphule intonga yongendawo, intonga yobukumkani
abalawuli.
14:6 Lowo wababetha abantu ngobushushu, ebetha ngamaxesha onke, Umlawuli.
ziyatshutshiswa iintlanga ngomsindo, kungekho uthintelwayo.
14:7 Liphumle, lizolile ihlabathi lonke; bayagqabhuka bamemelele.
14:8 Nayo imisipres ikuvuyele, imisedare yaseLebhanon ithi,
Oko walalayo, akunyuki mgawuli phezu kwethu;
14:9 Elabafileyo ngaphantsi liyagungqa nguwe, ngokubona ukuza kwakho;
ukuxhoxhela abafileyo, zonke iinkunzi ezikhokelayo zehlabathi; yona
uphakamise ezitroneni zabo bonke ookumkani beentlanga.
14:10 Zonke ziphela zisuka zithethe zithi kuwe, Nawe wenziwe ofayo njengathi na?
Ngaba ufana nathi na?
14:11 Buhliselwe kwelabafileyo ubungangamsha bakho, isandi semirhubhe yakho;
kwandlelwe iimpethu ngaphantsi kwakho, akugubungele amanundu.
14:12 Utheni na ukuwa emazulwini, Lusifa, nyana wesifingo! njani ubugcisa
ugawula emhlabeni, mngquli weentlanga!
14:13 Wena ke wathi entliziyweni yakho, Ndiya kunyuka ndiye ezulwini, ndiya kunyuka ndiye
ndiyiphakamise itrone yam ibe ngaphezu kweenkwenkwezi zikaThixo; ndiya kuhlala nam entabeni
yebandla, emacaleni angasentla.
14:14 Ndiya kunyuka ngaphezu kweziganga zamafu, ndizifanise nOsenyangweni; Ndiya kuba njengoyena mkhulu
Phezulu.
14:15 kanti uya kuhliselwa kwelabafileyo, engontsini yomhadi.
14:16 Abakubonayo baya kukuthi nzo ngamehlo, bakugqale;
besithi, Yilaa na le indoda eyayiligungqisa ihlabathi, yashukuma?
izikumkani;
14:17 eyalenza intlango elimiweyo, yayigungxula imizi yalo;
engabavulelanga ababanjwa bakhe indlu?
14:18 Bonke ookumkani beentlanga, bonke bephela, balele benozuko, bephela;
endlwini yakhe.
14:19 Ke wena, ulahlelwe ngaphandle kwengcwaba lakho, njengegatya elilisikizi, nanjengegwebu
iingubo zababuleweyo, abahlatywe ikrele, bemka
ehle ndiye ematyeni omhadi; njengesidumbu esinyathelweyo.
14:20 Akuyi kubandakanywa nabo engcwabeni, ngokokuba unabo
ulonakalise ilizwe lakho, wababulala abantu bakho; imbewu yabenzi bobubi iya kuba
ungaze ube nodumo.
14:21 Balungiseleni abantwana bakhe ukusikwa ngenxa yobugwenxa booyise;
ukuze bangavuki, bangalihluthe ilizwe, bangabuzaliseki ubuso beNkosi
ihlabathi elinezixeko.
14:22 Ndiya kusukela phezulu kubo, utsho uYehova wemikhosi, ndibanqumle
eBhabheli igama namasalela, nonyana, nomtshana; utsho uYehova.
14:23 ndiyenze ibe lilifa lokhwalimanzi, nezaduke zamanzi;
ndiyitshayele ngomtshayelo wentshabalalo; utsho uYehova
abamkeli zindwendwe.
14:24 Ufungile uYehova wemikhosi wathi, Inyaniso, njengoko ndicinge ngako, koba njalo.
kwenzeka; njengoko ndicebe ngako, koma ngolo hlobo.
14:25 ukuba ndimaphule uAsiriya ezweni lam, ndimnyathele ezintabeni zam
iya kumka idyokhwe yakhe kubo, nomthwalo wakhe
emke emagxeni abo.
14:26 Lilo elo icebo elicetyiweyo ngehlabathi lonke;
isandla esolukileyo phezu kweentlanga zonke.
14:27 Kuba uYehova wemikhosi ucebile, ngubani na onokutshitshisa? kunye neyakhe
isandla solukile, ngubani na ongasibuyisayo?
14:28 Ngomnyaka wokufa kokumkani uAhazi, kwaba sihlabo.
14:29 Musa ukuvuya, wena Filistiya uphela, ngakubanisela intonga yobethileyo
waphukile, kuba engcanjini yenyoka kuya kuphuma a
isiqhamo sawo sibe yinyoka etshisayo, ephaphazelayo.
14:30 Kwaye amazibulo abazizisweli aya kudla, kwaye amahlwempu aya kubutha
ndiyibulale ingcambu yakho ngendlala, akubulale
intsalela.
14:31 Bhomboloza, wena sango; khala, mzi; wena, Palestina uphela, uchithakele
kuya kuvela umsi uvela entla, kungabikho uyedwa kuye
amaxesha amisiweyo.
14:32 Bathini na ukuphendula abathunywa beentlanga? NguYehova lowo
uyisekile iZiyon, zozimela ngayo iintsizana zabantu bakhe.